Radon Daughter Mixture Distributions in Uranium Mine Atmospheres

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• Personal Author:
  Droullard, Robert F. ; Holub, Robert F.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines has made a study of the magnitude of the variations of radon daughter mixtures, with the objective of determining whether these variations reflect the existing physical conditions in uranium mine atmospheres or if they are merely random or systematic errors. To accomplish this, many data have been plotted using a triangular graphing technique which shows that plateout affects raa more than rab or rac, and that it is impossible to find simple correlations between working level ratios, radon daughter mixtures, and age. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Radon; Radioactive isotopes; Error analysis; Statistics; Uranium mines; Polonium 218; Lead 214; Bismuth 214; Daughter products
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001628
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-299473
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8316, 1978 Jan; :1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8316
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5ce6ecea9f6133bfe9658de9d97d46e561fd60e3a97bd54c7e898a70b30bc5eff74af71c981df7c45affb6cab23975f4ab90aa2e664b7ca1d39c969f95fda13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/237576/cdc_237576_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.83 MB ]